Boiled Sheepshead
From The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, 1896
Handle carefully to avoid breaking.
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Boiled Sheepshead. Wash and clean the fish well, rub it over with dry salt, and soak it in cold water for an hour. Remove it from the water, wipe dry, score it several times across both sides, and rub it with a lemon cut into halves. Lay the fish on a drainer over a fish kettle, cover it with cold water and milk equally mixed, add one tablespoonful of salt
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